GATE XL · 2026 · XL-T
Question 93: Ecology
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Question 93
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Muscle performance is positively correlated with Darwinian fitness. The graph below describes the relationship between mean environmental temperature and muscle performance for two closely related lizard species, one living in temperate areas (solid line) and another living in tropical areas (dashed line). Current mean environmental temperatures are marked with vertical dotted lines at (i) for the temperate species and (ii) for the tropical species. If mean environmental temperatures at both locations increase at a steady rate over time, which one of the following is most likely to occur in the near future?
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2026XL-T
GATE XL 2026 · Paper 1
Life Sciences · Original paper archive
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- Section XL-T
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- Multiple choice (MCQ)
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- 2 marks
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